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Hello and welcome to the programme. On BBC Points West tonight:

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Fighting fuel poverty - a charity warns one in four of us will soon

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be struggling to heat our home. Fitting like a glove - a Swindon

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schoolgirl becomes the youngest in Europe to be given bionic fingers.

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I did not think that it would move as well as it does. I did not think

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I would get as much good use out of Also tonight, the average age of

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farmers is now 60. How do we tempt the next generation onto the land?

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And I'm afraid this patient will not make it. The doors of this

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hospital will be closing for the last time because the BBC drama

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Casualty has filmed its last scenes in Bristol. Get these medical notes

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to Cardiff as soon as possible! Cardiff? Fetch and carry, fetch and

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carry. Good evening. There's a chilling

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warning tonight about the effect rising fuel prices are having here

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in the West. Figures show that a quarter of us could soon be living

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in fuel poverty. That means we spend more than 10% of our

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household income on trying to keep warm. And as more energy companies

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put their prices up, one charity here is warning of the dire effects

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that expensive bills can have. Steve Knibbs reports.

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The north Cotswolds - the very image of affluence and prosperity.

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Hardly, you'd think, a place where people worry about keeping warm.

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With 61,000 people in Gloucestershire struggling to pay

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their heating bills, it is often in areas like this where living and

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transport costs are higher anyway, at fuel poverty can strike just as

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hard as in the towns and cities. George Hill is on a state pension

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and spends nearly 20% of it on heating alone. And this year's

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harsh winter gave him some tough choices. It did get to the stage at

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one point where we thought would we be able to turn the heating up,

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because the oil tank was getting low and it was expensive. �300 a

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time to half fill it. We wondered if we would get through it. That

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was very difficult. So George is taking drastic action. His old

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electric fire is up for sale and he's installed a log burner. He

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claims it'll save him a quarter on his bills. But for others with no

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alternative, expensive heating bills can have a dramatic effect.

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You find that when fuel prices go up, people get colder, and in

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vulnerable households, with elderly people or young children, that can

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be bad for their health and well- being because people do not like to

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invite people round to a cold home. Debt advisor Garry Mills is seeing

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more people through his doors worrying about the prices rises.

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The energy companies blame wholesale costs but Garry says the

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customer should take more control. We have got to say, excuse me, I

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can get is more cost effectively elsewhere. Are you prepared to

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price match or undercut to keep me as a customer? Everybody watching

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this programme is a customer and it is about time the customers rose up

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and said the customer is King. Charities are warning that there's

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no room for complacency. The Centre for Sustainable Energy believes a

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quarter of us in the west will be in fuel poverty by the end of the

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year. Well, earlier I spoke to the MP for

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Somerton and Frome, David Heath, who told me he has been raising his

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concerns about the cost of fuel for years. I actually brought in a

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private member's bill a few years ago to try to make sure that the

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then Government did something about it. I am afraid that they decided

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they did not want that bill at the time but I think it is a very big

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problem and we have to redress that. You are pushing the Government to

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help people protect their homes from fuel poverty. Is that the

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issue or is it with the energy companies now? I think there are

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three things. First of all, the price of fuel. And how you can make

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sure that the tariffs are fair to the people that can least afford it.

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Secondly, I think you have to do something about the basic housing

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stock as well, to make them more energy-efficient. I think a lot of

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houses used an awful amount of energy that people simply cannot

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afford, through the walls, through the roof, through lack of

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insulation. The third thing you have to do is to make it easier for

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people to switch to companies which produce a better deal. At the

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moment, the so-called Big Six energy suppliers very often are not

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the cheapest tariffs on the market. A schoolgirl from Swindon has

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become the youngest in Europe to be fitted with bionic fingers. Chloe

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Holmes suffered septicaemia as a toddler and her hand was badly

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damaged. Now her life has been transformed after her family paid

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for a new set of digits. Sabet Choudhury reports. I did not think

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it would move as well as it does. I did not think I would get as much

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good use out of it, but I did. A simple sentence which says it all.

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15 year old Chloe Holmes has been given a new start in life. There

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are some sensors inside. It moves because it senses the movement but

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I don't really know how it works. Chloe lost her fingers as a toddler

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when she suffered from septicemia after she contracted chicken pox.

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And before the bionic fingers she wore this prosthetic hand. It made

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her school life very difficult. Well, but not where it very much

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because it is made of rubber. When I was writing, the ink used to come

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off on it. And it did not move, so it was quite frustrating. Not a day

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did not go by without tears coming or something because I could not do

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much, if you know what I mean. People used to stare when I walked

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down the corridor and then start shouting things, not very nice.

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Chloe's family paid for the �38,000 hand. It's made by Touch Bionic in

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Scotland. This is the 15 year old trying it on for the first time in

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their labs a few weeks ago. It has lifted her quite a lot. It is

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amazing what she can do with it. People used to stare for the wrong

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reasons when we went out as a family and now they stared in

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amazement. The next challenge for Chloe will be going back to school.

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I think I will get some staring but I will not mind because I really

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like it. The summer holidays is chance now for Chloe to experiment.

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Doing those simple things she never thought would be possible.

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Now, we all know we're going to have to work longer before we cash

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in our pensions but everyone has to retire sometime. When to do so is

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an issue for our farmers, most of whom are over 60. Their union's

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trying to entice more youngsters into the business, as Dickon Hooper

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reports. The land has been in my family for 100 years.

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And now it's been passed down to Julian Ridge. He took me to see his

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deer, which was very peaceful in the summer haze. I asked him about

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his plans for the future now he's past retirement age. I really don't

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know. It is a subject that we skirt round fairly frequently but we

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never come too many conclusions. What about your children? We have

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three. One is an army officer, one is a vet and another is a teacher

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and none of them see themselves becoming farmers. It is not just

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the farm equipment that has seen some good service. The average age

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of the farmer in the South West is 60, according to the Farmers' Union.

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They are trying to get more young people and apprentices involved

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because with the rising population, there is growing food demand that

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has to be met. They're working on that here, Cirencester's Royal

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Agricultural College. Full to bursting they say, with

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undergraduates, all with good job prospects. We see tremendous

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opportunities worldwide for people going into agricultural subject and

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food as well. I think we are looking for about 60,000 young

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people to be skilled to go into agriculture. Massive demand for

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skilled young people and tremendous opportunities. It is the world's

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biggest industry. Back on Manor Farm, that industry never really

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stops. But some farmers would perhaps like to. So is it time

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finally for that next generation to take over?

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Thanks for starting your weekend with us. It's Amanda and Chris with

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your Points West tonight.Ian will be here with the weekend weather

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soon. And we are in Bristol where a group of artists are creating the

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biggest ever street art project. You will have to wait a couple more

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minutes to find out how it turned out. We will be patient!

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The cast of the BBC drama Casualty are filming their last episode in

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Bristol today. The show's been made here for a quarter of a century but

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now production is moving to Wales. It'll mean no more familiar

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landmarks in the background but also a hit to the local economy,

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�25 million a year according to the City Council and South West Screen.

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Will Glennon reports. From the opening scenes of the very

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first episode, Casualty and Bristol have been inseparable. And 25 years

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after Charlie first appeared on the Clifton suspension bridge, actor

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Derek Thompson will reluctantly be heading to Cardiff with the rest of

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the cast. It is the longest I have spent anywhere in my life. I now

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consider myself to be an adopted Bostonian. In fact, my youngest boy

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was born here and he is a Bristol that. I love Bristol. I still feel

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sad that the show is leaving Bristol. To think that we are

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leaving Bristol, it is bittersweet. At the same time we are excited

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about the adventure we are about to take. Since 1987 the inside of

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Holby General Hospital has been a purpose-built warehouse in the St

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Phillips area. But Bristol's always been seen in the outdoor action.

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The BBC decided to move production to Cardiff. It's where Doctor Who's

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made and is now a highly regarded drama centre. It is not certain

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Bristol, it is set in a different town which is supposed to be

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anywhere in the UK. Stylistically it will be very similar. But it's

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not just cast and crew. It's all the associated businesses that feed

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off a year-long production. A recent report said it's worth �25

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million to the economy. The hotels that visiting crew and cast stay in,

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taxis, eating in local restaurants, local crew spent money in local

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shops. There is a ripple effect. You have the core amount of money

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that grows and grows. So the director has shouted cut for the

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last time in Bristol. Some memorabilia from the set is being

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auctioned online to raise money for Bristol Children's Hospital, but

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filming will continue in Cardiff. They're only halfway through series

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26. The hospital may be moving but Casualty will continue. Now Astoria

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bravery against impossible odds. -- a story of bravery. The battle when

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nine SAS operative store, best guerrilla army in the Middle East,

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an army of 400 men, trained and armed by the Russians and the

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Chinese. The year was 1972 and the country was Oman. If the SAS had

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failed, then plans for a Communist foothold in the Middle East would

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have succeeded. Oman would have been seized and with it the gateway

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for 90% of the world's oil. The West could have been held to ransom.

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Amazingly, it Roger up was one of the amazing soldiers involved. He

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has written a book about it and he joins us now. This is the stuff of

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movies, nine against 400, protecting oil and fighting the

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Communists. What can you remember about how it felt? This belief that

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first. We never trained for that. Being SAS, you do not train for

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infantry battles. To be rudely awakened at 5 o'clock in the

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morning with 400 people coming at you, it kind of gives you age-old!

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What did you do and how did you manage? It was strange. There was

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not much panic. Everybody had their own job to do but we were thin on

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the ground. One guy was firing the �25 a, another was firing the

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mortar and I was firing a machine gun. We had an altar gun that

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packed up after a bit. You would have thought the numbers would have

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overwhelmed you. Yes, but we had our backs to the sea and we were

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completely surrounded with no way out so we had to stand and fight.

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Why don't we know about this even now? I know at the time it had to

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be kept secret? It was kept secret and the war ended. We actually won

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it. It took us five years and we went into that country and

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Communists were ruling 90% of it. We liberated that country with less

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than 200 soldiers in five years. is thanks to action like yours. But

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you must have felt scared during this. As professionals, you get

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into it and get working, and people often say that. But the job in hand

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is so important. It is likely when uses breaking. You get concentrated

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and you have not got time to think about it. Thank goodness people do

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not shoot at us! Why have you decided to tell the story now?

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believe there is an injustice done. The Fiji man fired a 25 pounds gun

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over open sights for an hour on his own. The man that try to help him

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was injured. Then his friend came to help him and he was only there

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for 10 minutes and he took five rounds. You are trying to honour

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them and you want special recognition for their work? Yes.

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That is very generous of you and good luck with the campaign.

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Holes appearing in our roads is a common problem but when one Points

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West viewer sent this picture, we decided to dig a little deeper.

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This is the hole that appeared in Oldville Avenue in Clevedon and

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this picture of Cyril Derby shows just how deep it was. He could

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almost get his entire arm down it. Cyril and his wife Carol tried to

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get North Somerset Council to do something about it and then got in

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touch with the BBC. Thankfully we can report that the hole has now

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been filled in. And there are some unusual road

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problems in Bristol too. Double yellow lines have been painted

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right across a T-junction near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. People

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living on Sion Hill are upset that tarmac's been poured over

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cobblestone gutters and they claim contractors have ruined their

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conservation area. Now, football rivals Swindon and

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Oxford meet for the first time in almost a decade this weekend. With

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all the sport it's David Passmore. Hi. They've been waiting since the

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8th December 2002. That was the last time the sides met. But the

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passing of time has done nothing to reduce one of the sharpest

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rivalries in the country. Kick-off has been moved to 1 o'clock on

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Sunday and fans are asked to arrive early. Upwards of 100 officers will

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be there supported by mounted police from the Thames Valley force.

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The 3,000 away tickets have sold out and no tickets are on sale on

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the day. 160 club stewards will be on duty. Special coaches and a

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train have been laid on and there's designated parking for away fans.

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But why have clubs 30 miles apart always been such fierce rivals?

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Through the years, the games have been passionate affairs. Large

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crowds with a police presence to match. The build-up to this game

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saw vandals break into the Oxford ground and daub the initials STFC

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on the pitch last weekend. When people stop you in the town every

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day talking about Oxford, Oxford... Swindon's new manager is used to

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the passion of Italian football and has no doubt about how important

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Sunday's game is to the fans. manager, I have to be cool. But I

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will do even more that I have done before today to do my job properly

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and prepare the best that we can for this game. I know what it means

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for the fans. This was the last league match between the sides.

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March 2001 and a 2-0 win for Swindon with a short break when

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players were taken off the pitch after objects were thrown at the

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Swindon keeper. Oxford's allocation of 3,000 tickets has sold out. Like

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many, these fans can't remember a time when this fixture wasn't the

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most important of all. The rivalry has been there since I was born so

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it will always be there and will never go. In Swindon the view is

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much the same. They chant that they hate Oxford, never Cheltenham or

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Reading. Those who've studied the issue say it's enevitable that

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rivalries are local. There is no point comparing yourself to people

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on like you or completely irrelevant, Manchester United or

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Barcelona. You can compare yourself to somebody that is like you,

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against whom you can match yourself. In a way, you gain of pride not by

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being the best team in the world but the best team on your patch.

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an attempt to prevent trouble, the game has been moved to an earlier

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time on Sunday and the clubs and the supporters associations have

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appealed for fans to stay calm and enjoy the rivalry on the pitch.

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The rest of this weekend's games are coming on the screen now. After

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the confidence boost of winning their first game of the season,

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Bristol City are back at Ashton Gate to take on Portsmouth tomorrow.

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Nicky Maynard's two goals earned the win over Leicester, and manager

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Keith Millen is hoping his in- demand star striker will continue

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that form and help the side record a first home win. I think it shows

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how important it is to us. It shows why a lot of people are after him.

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They are not happy that he is in good form, fit and scoring goals.

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Long may that continue. Across the city, Bristol Rovers are

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hoping Joe Anyinsah recovers in time to play in tomorrow's game at

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Macclesfield. He was injured in Tuesday night's win against

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Northampton at the Memorial Stadium. Three riders from Gloucestershire

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have helped Great Britain's dressage team win a first ever

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European Championship team gold. This is Carl Hester from Newent who,

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along with Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte du Jardin, beat off the

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challenge of Holland and Germany and broke the European record in

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the process. Some news Justine in the last few

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minutes. Swindon Town has just signed a new striker, Liam Clarke

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from QPR. He has signed a two-year deal. Heart of the press.

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Never before has a local authority here given over a whole road to

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graffiti artists. But that's what's happened in Bristol. It's the UK's

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biggest street art festival. More than 75 people have spent the last

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week transforming the rundown Nelson Street into what the council

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hopes will become the city's newest tourist attraction. Jules Hyam is

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there for us now. Hello. I have just stepped away

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from the crowds to get my thoughts together. I have been trying to

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work out how to explain how unusual this is but I have come up with the

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way to explain it, hopefully. It is being paid for by the local

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authority. That building there is a police station. I think it is time

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to give you some idea of how unusual we have been hearing all

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week about how the artists have This is Nelson Street four weeks

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ago. And this was wednesday night. Cherry pickers, projectors and

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spray paints. Some choose a freehand technique, ayering their

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way to four-storey mural. Already the work was attracting the media.

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Passersby stopped passing by and just watched. Why would a local

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authority want to spend taxpayers' money creating this? It all goes

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back to two years ago when an exhibition was put on at the

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British Museum and 300,000 people came to see it. Decision-makers

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that the council came to see street art as an economic driver. If you

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want to bring in the pennies and the pounds, you bring in the

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international street artists. from Los Angeles. I am not sure

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what style you would call it, but I am mostly inspired by classical

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older art. I do my best to try and reinterpret it and modernise it in

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my own way. I name is Nick Walker. I have been painting for well over

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20 years now. This particular piece is a twist on a clockwork orange

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logo. Of and then there is Inkie, the Bristol born artist who talked

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the British -- Bristol council into letting him paint the walls.

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This one was the first to go up and there has been even more going on

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throughout the day. Inkie, it has taken a year to put this together.

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How are you feeling? Very excited by what is going on. We have some

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of the world's best artists creating the credibility the city

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deserves. How is it to work with your legends? I have living legend

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here today. Many of these people are known the world over in this

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field and they would not have come here if it were not for the fact

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that they have got the space to paint on. The city council has

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arranged a lot of it and has put a �2,000 into putting his place at

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the forefront of being a tourist destination. Will this really work

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and the same way as that graffiti exhibition? I see no way that it

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cannot because it has worked in Melbourne where it has been done

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before. Is this the right way to spend �80,000? People might blanch

:24:26.:24:30.

at that during a recession but we have not suddenly become a Third

:24:30.:24:34.

World country. We are still spending on arts and events. All

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the evidence from the festival two years ago, which had �60,000 spent

:24:40.:24:45.

on it, was that had an economic impact of �15 million. It actually

:24:46.:24:51.

kept some local businesses going during that period. �15 million

:24:51.:24:56.

from Matt Craig Beattie exhibition. We will see how much this can bring

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to the city. -- from that graffiti Now let's go to the weather. What

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are we in for this weekend? It will be split, shall we say,

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with the better of the two halves being Sunday. Yesterday was very

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wet indeed. This was an unusual sight. It is called a supernumerary

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rainbow and it is quite unusual. It is caused by interference of light

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rays, not normal optical effects and it tends to occur only where

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there are small, similar-sized raindrops. In some of you put that

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on Twitter. There are outbreaks of rain about tomorrow that Sunday

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should be dry with some decent sunshine. A complex story through

:25:50.:25:54.

Saturday in the wider scheme of things. Weather fronts crossing

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over three tonight and into tomorrow evening. As we get into

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Sunday, and improving picture and high pressure coming in from the

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West. Essentially we will find that for many districts, after a damp

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morning, it will get better as the day wears on. There has been a fair

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amount of hazy sunshine today. We have seen some shiny outbreaks of

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rain getting closer to West Somerset. I think they will make

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slow progress so it will be largely dry this evening. The cloud will

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steadily increase throughout the night and will bring in some rain.

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That will be until 9 o'clock this evening. Tonight will be milder

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than last night, with temperatures in double figures. Through the

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cause of tomorrow, that weather front is draped across the West

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Country. A fair amount of patchy or showery light rain and some

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moderate and heavy bursts as well. Then it will fade away, so the late

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afternoon will be brighter. A window of opportunity. Later on in

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the evening, a cold weather front will come in from the same

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direction. I think it will show its hand later in the evening.

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Temperatures will be quite you know that 19. Sunday looks better all

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round. -- temperatures will be quite humid at 19. Temperatures on

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Sunday up to 23. Take your pick but I pick Sunday. Bumper rainbow. I

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